Home Remedies to help with Fibromyalgea??

**heartofmine** · 01-03-2009, 08:44 PM

I've had it for several years and don't have insurance and can't afford to go to a specialist. Does anyone know of anything that helps them. I've been taking Move Free and it does seem to help but I'm having a really bad flare up right now and I'm in so much pain. Thanks in advance.

**pbobber** · 01-03-2009, 09:50 PM

try visiting www.earthclinic.com. I have had luck curing minor ailments thru that site but nothing as debilitating as fibromyalgia. Good luck.

**PrairieRose** · 01-03-2009, 10:07 PM

I have some arthritis type ailments and royal jelly, sublingual vitamin b12, sea kelp and a multi seem to really help me a lot.

**Patty A** · 01-04-2009, 09:02 AM

A couple things we have found that help DH (who has had fibro for 24 years now, and see's a pain specialist) is a heated rice bag. Use this as needed on sore muscles, aches and pains. We have also found that good old common Ben-gay works great on his back, shoulders, neck and legs. Sometimes just getting in the shower and warming your body all over can really help with the pain. Use the water as hot as you can stand it and just let it run all over your body. My DH doesn't sleep well at all, and we have tried many many things for that. About the only thing you can do is sleep when you are tired! I know that sounds dumb, but you have to get the rest when you can. Don't put off laying down, if you aren't sleeping and start to feel tired get prone!
Take advantage of the times when you are feeling like you can sleep.
My DH has horrid headaches and we have tired everything for them with no relief. He has had them so bad you think he has had a stroke!
He face droops, he smiles crooked, they get really bad. Once again heat and ben gay on the muscles by where the head connects to the neck sometimes helps this also. The rice bags are easy to make, easy to heat in the micro wave and offer some relief with the pain. Wish I could think of other ways to help, as I know the pain can become overwhelming!

**PrairieRose** · 01-04-2009, 11:13 AM

PattyA has your dh ever visited a chiropractor? It sounds like possibly a visit could help him (although it's not cheap and usually takes more than one visit). Mine helps me with headaches and even muscle pain in my neck. That reminds me, I need to make an appt.

**starsapphire** · 01-04-2009, 11:58 AM

In the past I have known a couple of people with fibromyalgia who used a cream called Myoflex. It's sold over the counter at a lot of drug stores. Ask your pharmacist. I'm sure you can do a search and find it online too.

*Oops I just realized you asked for home remedies. I don't know of any. Sorry!

I also forgot to say that if you are sensitive/allergic to aspirin, don't try Myoflex.

**Jskell911** · 01-04-2009, 09:00 PM

Patty, I feel for your DH, I really do! I too have fibro and CFS. I get horrible headaches daily, but some are so awful I feel like there is a hot poker sucking behind my eye. They can find no cause through CAT scans or MRIs. I have done the Chiropracter, Occupational Therapy, pain therapy you name it. Right now I am on pain therapy through meds, but even that isn't really helping much (and I take 3 Fiorecets a DAY! Plus a muscle relaxer each night)

As to home remedies, I have heard wonderful things about Magnesium (Chelate or Malate specifically). Didn't do too much for me though.

Hope you get some relief soon!

**Patty A** · 01-05-2009, 11:29 AM

My husband and I are a pair, he has fibro, and I have RSD/CRPS and CFS. We have been everywhere and tried everything for the fibro!
People that don't live with pain have no idea what fibro does to a persons life. We have tired all kinds of doctors (yes PrairieRose), all kinds of treatments, including conventional and non traditional kinds of treatments. Like you Jskell911 he has had MRI, CT, Myelograms, along with NCS and EMG.....
He has also finally found a pain doctor that has done more for him in the last year....than anyone has done for him in the last 20 years.
The pain doctor has been a God send, he is finally getting a little relief. I know that chronic pain can eat you alive, I have seen what it has done to my husband. To see some relief finally is such a relief for me too, as it is so hard to know what pain is and know that there is little that you can do to help a loved one that suffers with it.

I think one of the most helpful things a fibro sufferer can have is someone who understands them! Compassion, and understanding and the friendship of a good friend! A hand to hold on bad days, someone to cheer you up when things are really bad, can be a life line to those that suffer.

If any of you that suffer need an understanding ear, know that I am here.......I am more than willing to hold your hand, be an ear to bend, or cheer you up when you are down. I know how very important that is, and we all need it at times. Please know you don't suffer alone, there are many people that suffer this nasty stuff that understand how you feel.
So for now, here is a big soft hug,

to all of you!

**The Muse** · 01-05-2009, 11:36 AM

Have you tried Emu Oil?

My MIL suffers from fibro and I'd love to find something that will help her. I came across emu oil when looking for something to help her. She hasn't tried it, but she's been to pain management docs and a Boston area doc with a 6 month wait list who's supposed to be an fibro expert, but nothing has helped her.

**PrairieRose** · 01-05-2009, 01:27 PM

PattyA I read something the other day that said the low levels of B12 and D seem to be common in people with CFS and Fibro.....Do you guys supplement those?

**Jeanna** · 01-06-2009, 08:17 AM

I have tried almost everything but a couple things that helped more than anything is Cat Claw and prescription sleep meds. I can't explain why Cats Claw works but it does. A herbalist recommended it to me. Also a good nights sleep is the most important thing anyone with Fibro can get. If you can't get a prescription, I am actually on the antidepressant Trazadone, I would get some melatonin (which is natural) and start with it. If you have any other questions just ask. I have researched it for years, as I have had it for 10 years now, and have tried a lot over the years. I can say that the prescription drug they have out for Fibro is not a cure all. I took it and my pain intensified three fold. I also had major side affects. My neck swelled until it didn't look like I had one, just a big head on top of my shoulders. I guess what I am trying to say is prescription meds are not as much help, for the most part, as you might think.

**ladytoysdream** · 01-06-2009, 09:18 AM

Check out this site for fibromyalgia ,
http://www.talkaboutsleep.com/fibromyalgia/

http://www.talkaboutsleep.com/messag...wforum.php?f=7
this is the forums message board for fibromyalgia

I only know about this site, because I have a severe case of sleep
apnea, and the place where I have to go for my machine, the tech gave me this site to check out.
http://www.talkaboutsleep.com

**Patty A** · 01-07-2009, 09:42 AM

Ladytoysdream,
Do you use a CPAP or a BIPAP? My DH uses the bipap and has had really good response to it. The only difference is the CPAP is continuous pressure, the BIPAP has two different pressures, one on the inhale and a lower one on the exhale. Also if the cold air bugs you ask for a humidifier to go on your machine. It add moisture, but also has a heater on the humidifier that stops the air from being so cold. It really makes it nice to have the air warmer, it isn't as hard on your nose and sinus.
Jeanna, My DH has tried the melatonin, St Johns wort, valerian and chamomile. Just to name a few we have tried. He has also done vitamins and minerals, and for awhile did the "guifenasin" thing that was suppose to be the "miracle" cure for fibro.

The best luck we have had with meds have been muscle relaxers, cymbalta, pain meds and klonopin. He is working with a pain specialist and this had been the most life saving thing he has done.

I can't stress enough about how important I see it to be, in that working with someone in the pain specialist field is for someone with Fibro or any kind of chronic pain. These doctors are up on the lastest news of what helps with pain.

**ladytoysdream** · 01-07-2009, 10:11 AM

Hi
My machine is a bipap, with humidifier. 3 yrs this month I have been using it. The cold air bugs me, but I have gotten more used to it.
I crocheted a sleeve for the tube but have not got it on there yet.
In November, I had to have another sleep test. They had to tweak my settings. And I finally got a chin strap.
The heart doctor who looked at my test results, said
* this is NOT good *, and I had to let him know it was not a new thing to me, that I been dealing with a machine for 3 yrs now. *Oh* he says.
And the first ENT doctor I had told me, NOT to sleep without my machine, not even naps. I have to remind them.......that I don't dare go to sleep without that machine on. It's just part of my routine.

Heck, I had to fiqure out what ailed me in the first place. The ENT doctor had a second one in his practice who first seen me, and told me, I had nothing wrong with me. Well sleeping most of the day, and all night was pretty obvious.....I had a problem. So I went online, did my research, went back to the doctor, gave him a list of my problems, and asked for a sleep test. And then I find out, I have a severe case, and the first doctor had no clue............

**Nana2two** · 01-09-2009, 09:15 PM

I have fibro. Hubby has CFS. I don't meds for fibro, except antdepression meds. now the doc gave hubby RETALIN for CFS and it made huge and i mean huge difference.